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From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
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Subject: Re: The Ethics of Free Software
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> > to FreeBSD wasn't so flattering either.  (But I'm curious, is it
> > really true that there were three instances of "if (x=y)" in the
> > source?)
> 
> Since when is "if (x=y)" always wrong?
> 
> Actually, talking to people, it appears that at least two of these
> instances were not incorrect.  The first was in a defined out section of
> code that would never be reached, and the second was correct.

Ah.  I thought there must be some explanation...

R.


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